Rural Transformations and Development – China in Context: The Everyday Lives of Policies and People

This unique book explores the varied perspectives on contemporary processes of rural transformation and policy intervention in China. The expert contributors combine a critical review of current theoretical viewpoints and global debates with a series of case studies that document the specificities of China's pathways to change. Central issues focus on the dynamics of state-peasant encounters; the diversification of labour and livelihoods; out-migration and the blurring of rural and urban scenarios; the significance of issues of 'value' and 'capital' and their gender implications; land ownership and sustainable resource management; struggles between administrative cadres and local actors; and the dilemmas of 'participatory' development.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1849800936
• ISBN13: 9781849800938
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 1.0" x 6.3"